White Sox 2, Indians 1: Long night

Wednesday

May 28, 2014 at 12:01 AMMay 28, 2014 at 8:53 AM

CHICAGO -- The Cleveland Indians got a break after a lengthy rain delay led to the early departure of White Sox ace Chris Sale. They weren't so lucky earlier in the game before the umpires halted play.

CHICAGO -- The Cleveland Indians got a break after a lengthy rain delay led to the early departure of White Sox ace Chris Sale. They weren't so lucky earlier in the game before the umpires halted play.

The White Sox scored the first of their two runs in the middle of a downpour in the third inning, Gordon Beckham homered after a lengthy delay and Chicago outlasted Cleveland 2-1 last night.

Cleveland manager Terry Francona didn't say much after the game about the delay but was clearly agitated that his team was forced to continue in the field through heavy rains that forced a delay of nearly 2 hours after the third inning.

"I have no say-so in that," he said. "That's not up to me."

Adam Eaton led off the third with a precipitation-aided single, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on Conor Gillaspie's sharply hit single to center to make it 1-0.

Eaton's single was hit directly to Mike Aviles at third. After the ball sailed past Aviles' glove, he appeared to indicate to third base umpire and crew chief Ron Culpa that the rain had affected him.

"(Aviles) said it was hard to see and the field was getting wet," Francona said. "I'm not out in the field and it's not my decision (when to delay the game)."

Chicago has won eight of 12 to get back to .500 (27-27). The White Sox are 6-3 against Cleveland this season after losing 17 of 19 to their American League Central rival in 2013.

Scott Carroll (2-3) worked three scoreless innings in relief to get the win. Ronald Belisario worked a perfect ninth for his third save in five chances.

The anticipated matchup between Sale and Justin Masterson was cut short. The game began 41 minutes late because of rain and then was stopped again after the third inning. That delay lasted 1:58 and neither starter was able to continue.